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All the wonders of space and time: space, science, science fiction, etc. Also on IG, TikTok, Twitter, Threads, etc. Contact: humanoidhistory@gmail.com

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The Texas judge who built his pinball passion into an office arcade, 1981.

28.02.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Space vehicles docked in Mars orbit in 1981 art by David A. Hardy for engineer Robert Parkinson’s β€œMars in 1995!” proposal.

22.02.2026 06:48 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Robert Duvall in β€œThe Time Tunnel,” 1967. Just five years later, he would appear in β€œThe Godfather.”

19.02.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Classics Illustrated edition of Emily Bronte’s β€œWuthering Heights,” 1949. Art by Henry Kiefer.

15.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Philippe Caza’s cover art for β€œThe Rest of the Robots” by Isaac Asimov, 1989.

14.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œA Nightmare on Elm Street” on Friday the 13th, 1986.

13.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing stinks like an ashtray full of cigarette butts.

11.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!!

11.02.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very different vibe!!

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THE TERMINAL MAN poster from Japan, 1974.

11.02.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ridley Scott’s β€œ1984” Super Bowl spot for the Apple Macintosh.

09.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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Watching football on a coin-operated TV in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles, 1969. Photo by John Malmin.

08.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7
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Flash Gordon, New York Jets.

08.02.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Boris Vallejo artwork for Playboy’s Pro Football Preview, August 1984.

07.02.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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BLADE RUNNER design by Syd Mead.

01.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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1970 Lancia Stratos Zero concept car, designed by Marcello Gandini of Bertone, unveiled at the Turin Auto Show in 1970.

31.01.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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R.I.P. Catherine O’Hara (1954-2026)

30.01.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Testing a screw-propelled lunar vehicle at GM’s Defense Research Laboratories in Santa Barbara, California, early 1960s.

30.01.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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R.I.P. Bob Layzell (1940-2026)

29.01.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 336 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8

Billionaires can always donate.

26.01.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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John Carpenter’s THEY LIVE in a 1988 television spot.

26.01.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Snowcats on the set of β€œThe Empire Strikes Back” in Finse, Norway, 1979.

25.01.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Syd Mead concept art sketch, as seen in Future Life, May 1979: "I'm sure we will eventually construct biospheres in space. This is a pleasure world, docking after three years at an intergalactic interchange to exchange its inhabitants for a new batch of vacationers."

24.01.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FORBIDDEN PLANET poster from Denmark, 1956.

23.01.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NASA logo, 1982.

16.01.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

And a cat flap.

15.01.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Italdesign Machimoto concept car, built on a Volkswagen Golf Mk2 platform, unveiled at the Turin Auto Show in 1986.

15.01.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The world’s heaviest door on a hinge at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1979. The 97,000-pound, concrete-filled door had a special bearing in the hinge that allowed one person to open or close it.

15.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 14
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Behold KING KONG on a flatbed truck. Director Merian C. Cooper and animator Willis O'Brien stand in front.

14.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
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β€œPlanet of the Apes” poster from Romania, 1968.

10.01.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1